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Disaster Management
Infamy and after
Issue Date: Jan 15, 1997
japan had woken up to the Minamata disease way back in 1956, signalling the beginning of one of the worst pollution cases to have hit it in the post-World War ii era. In 1995, a 40-year-old saga of bureaucratic evasion, corporate high-handedness and judicial foot-dragging finally reached its culmination.
Leh’s labour lost
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2010
RAVAGED by flash floods in August, Leh is in dire need of homes for the victims. But rehabilitation work is far from over because of shortage of labour. Victims of floods that followed the biggest cloudburst ever in Ladakh, are living in tents or unfinished houses.
Letters
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2010
Don’t spare government and judiciary
Warning Stop Tsunami Stop
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2010
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii blared a warning to countries around the Pacific Ocean on February 27, minutes after the 8.8 quake hit Chile.
South Asia
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2010
Bangladesh wary of World Bank: Bangladesh has opposed UK’s Department for International Development’s (DFID) plan to provide US $94 million in climate change aid because it will be delivered through the World Bank. “We are against World Bank's involvement in handling the aid. DFID should give the money straight to the government,” Abdur Razzaque, food and disaster management minister, said. “The Bank would attach strings and conditions to the programme,” Razzaque said.
Tornado kills 129
Issue Date: May 15, 2010
a tornado accompanied by thunder squall hit parts of northern Bengal and Bihar on the night of April 13 reviving memories of cyclone Aila last year. The meteorological department gave no warning; 129 persons died when the winds blowing at 120-130 km per hour caught them unawares. The storm was severe for half an hour. The two state authorities said 200,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. The number may double as the damage is yet to be assessed.
In Bihar, the tornado left a trail of devastation in five districts including Purnia and Araria.
Mining rights subject to closure plan
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2009
But new guidelines for coalmines not enough to revive used land
the Union ministry of coal has made it mandatory for mining companies to submit a mine closure
plan to obtain lease rights. Coal mining companies will now have to submit a stage-wise mine closure plan initially and a
Relief stalled
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2009
CPI(M)-Trinamul rivalry affects aid to cyclone Aila victims
relief funds from the central government to help victims of cyclone Aila in West Bengal have hardly reached the needy. Political one-upmanship between the ruling cpi(m) in the state and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamul Congress, a coalition ally of the Congress party at the Centre, has stalled distribution of relief material.
150-year old mud structures
Sunderbans expert Tushar Kanjilal said the destruction was severe because Aila had hit during the high tide. "The force of the storm combined with the force of the tides washed the mud embankments away," said Kanjilal.'Aila was imperialist design'
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2009
Sunderbans islanders are caught between a shameless North and a callous South
THE district administration in southern West Bengal got the warning for Aila, the cyclone to hit Sagar Island, about 20 hours in advance (see @110 km/hr).
But it was Sunday, not the day when local administrators are expected to roll up the trousers and jump into their boats. Leftists were known
